1.   And thus did the upstart Packers see their third straight season end in a playoff defeat at Texas Stadium.

2.   Before returning to Miami, the Seahawks had avenged a playoff defeat to the Raiders.

3.   But Barkley has a history of bringing up retirement moments after a disappointing playoff defeat and then returning.

4.   He had already tasted the agony of playoff defeat.

5.   He said the change came because of the playoff defeat to Pittsburgh in the second round last spring.

6.   Laura Davies recalled walking off the course after a disappointing playoff defeat but taking consolation in that the winner was Nancy Lopez.

7.   Missing three field-goal attempts in a three-point playoff defeat will do that to a guy.

8.   The Knicks arrive having exorcised the demons of previous playoff defeats to the Pacers and Reggie Miller, and their most heated rival, the Heat.

9.   The team lost its swagger after that last playoff defeat, but daily scrimmaging against each other this year has restored it.

10.   Philadelphia, the top team in the East, is seeking to avenge two straight playoff defeats to Indiana.